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Thunder Ties NBA Finals, Boston Botulism Alert, AI in Finance. · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Monday, June 9th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 91 years ago today, in 1934, the world
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  was introduced to Donald Duck, a character who
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  would become one of the most beloved figures
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  in animation history. Making his debut in the
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  animated short, The wise little hen, Donald Duck,
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  quickly captured the hearts of audiences with
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  his distinctive voice and spirited personality.
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  Over the decades, Donald Duck has starred in
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  numerous films and television shows, becoming
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  a symbol of joy and entertainment for generations.
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  His enduring legacy continues to inspire and
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  bring laughter to people around the globe. So
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  now you know. And now. It's time for the weather
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  report. This morning there's a slight chance
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  of rain showers and it feels like 58 degrees
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  with 13 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 816 and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 507. It looks like we're in for some mostly
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  cloudy skies today with a slight chance of rain
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  showers and a high near 66. accompanied by an
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  eastern breeze at 8 to 13 miles per hour. Tonight,
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  expect cloudy conditions with a low around 55
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  and possibly some patchy fog. For all you beach
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  runners out there, the first high tide Monday
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  will be at 11, with the low tide just before
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  5. The near -shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads
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  62 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Expect patchy fog and thunderstorms
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  on Tuesday with a high around 72. Wednesday and
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  Thursday will be sunny and warm, reaching 82
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  and 86. Nights will be mostly clear with lows
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  in the 60s. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast
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  is brought to you by Versailles Cafe and Pastries
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  in Encinitas. Nestled on El Camino Real South,
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  just north of Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe
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  is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge in
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  their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten -free
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  crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch or just
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  breeze on through to get your morning coffee.
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  They are open every day from 8 to 5. So stop
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  on by and don't forget to tell them Sunny Morning
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  sent you. In local news, Massachusetts health
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  officials are alerting the public to a concerning
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  cluster of botulism cases linked to Botox injections
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  at Rodrigo Beauty, located in Milton. Currently,
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  10 suspected cases are under investigation. Symptoms
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  of botulism include double or blurred vision,
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  drooping eyelids, slurred speech, and difficulty
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  swallowing. Patients who received injections
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  at this spa between May 1st and June 4th of this
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  year should immediately contact the Massachusetts
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  Department of Public Health. The department emphasizes
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  that while Botox is generally safe, improper
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  technique or unlicensed providers can increase
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  risks. Now on to sports. The Oklahoma City Thunder
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  decisively defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game
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  2 of the NBA Finals, tying the series at one
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  game apiece. The Thunder triumphed with a score
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  of 123 -107, led by league MVP Shai Gilgis -Alexander,
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  who scored 34 points. Jalen Williams and Chet
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  Hongren also contributed significantly. with
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  Williams adding 19 points and Holmgren scoring
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  15. The Pacers struggled, despite Tyrese Halliburton's
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  17 points. Game 3 will take place at 8 .30 Eastern
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  on Wednesday in Indianapolis. In local sports.
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  Last night at Fenway, the Sox beat the Yankees
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  11 -7. A thrilling game saw Narvaez launch a
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  three -run homer in the fifth. while Devers and
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  Teesee contributed with homers of their own.
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  Dobbins secured the win, bringing his record
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  to 3 -1. Despite Judge's two homers, the Yankees
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  couldn't catch up, and the Sox's record now stands
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  at 32 -15, maintaining their momentum in the
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  back bay. Tonight, the Sox face the Tampa Bay
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  Rays at Fenway for Game 1 of three game series.
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  Brian Baio, with a 3 .91 earned run average,
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  pitches against Shane Baz, who holds a 4 .96.
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  First pitch is at 7 .10, with clear skies and
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  temperatures around 59 degrees. In top news,
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  Blake Skull, the CEO of Boom Supersonic, is on
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  a mission to revive supersonic travel. aiming
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  to connect New York and Paris in under four hours.
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  Since the Concorde's retirement in 2003, air
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  travel has slowed down, but Skoll believes the
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  technology for ultra -fast flights has always
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  existed. His vision includes the Overture jet,
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  which he hopes to have flying by 2029. While
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  some airlines have shown interest, challenges
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  remain, including fundraising setbacks and skepticism
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  about the business model. Nevertheless, Skoll
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  remains determined, stating, supersonic flight
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  would obviously be great, and he plans to make
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  it a reality. In business news, in a recent CNBC
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  appearance, Strategies' Michael Saylor downplayed
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  the potential threat of quantum computers and
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  Bitcoin, asserting that the network will adapt
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  through software upgrades. Although BlackRock
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  warns of quantum risks to Bitcoin's encryption,
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  Saylor claims, it's mainly marketing from people
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  that want to sell you the next quantum yo -yo
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  token. Meanwhile, Circle's recent initial public
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  offering was a success, but the true extent of
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  stablecoin usage for payments remains uncertain
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  due to conflicting data. Gemini, founded by the
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  Winklevoss twins, has also confidentially filed
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  for an initial public offering with the U .S.
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  Securities and Exchange Commission. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is up 3 % over the weekend
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  to about $106 ,000. Ethereum is up 1 % to just
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  under $2 ,500. And Goatseys Maximus is up 8 %
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  to $0 .11. Moving on to a more local vibe. In
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  our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  we are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them sunny
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  morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. Artificial intelligence could
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  be reshaping Wall Street as Alejandro Lopez Lira,
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  a professor of finance at the University of Florida,
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  tests AI stock -picking abilities. His experiments
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  with ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Groke have shown
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  promising results, with ChatGPT achieving an
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  average daily return of 0 .38 % from October
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  2021 to December 2023, demonstrating significant
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  predictive power. Lopez Lira acknowledges AI's
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  limitations. noting that it requires human input
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  for real -time data. Currently, AI models manage
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  investment accounts on autopilot, with ChatGPT
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  yielding a return of 43 .5 % from September 2023
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  to May 2025, outperforming the S &P 500. And
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  in entertainment news, in the latest box office
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  update, Ballerina has poised for a strong opening
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  weekend, expected to earn between $25 million
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  and $27 million. This new spinoff in the John
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  Wick franchise features Ana de Armas as Eve Macarro,
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  a ballerina -turned -assassin seeking vengeance
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  for her father's death. While Ballerina outperforms
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  the original film, it falls short of recent installments,
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  which had higher expectations. Since its debut,
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  the franchise has consistently increased its
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  opening weekend earnings, with Chapter 4 setting
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  a record at $73 million. Well, alrighty folks,
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  it's time for the quote of the day. And today,
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  our quote comes from the American inventor and
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  visionary, Buckminster Fuller. And he said, There's
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  nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's
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  going to be a butterfly. And that's a wrap for
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  this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Have an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.